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With prominent members of the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee (MPC) – not least the governor – lining up in recent weeks to talk up the prospect of rate rises at some point in the coming months, this week’s meeting has already sparked another burst of speculation about when the first hike in eight years will happen. Whatever your take on the exact timings of ...

EUR/USD posted strong gains early in the week, but was unable to consolidate and closed the week unchanged, at 1.0982. This week’s highlights are the Manufacturing and Services PMIs. Here is an outlook for the highlights of this week and an updated technical analysis for EUR/USD. Flash PMIs: Manufacturing PMIs will be published on Monday, while Service PMIs will follow on ...

The spectre of the foreign exchange-rigging scandal will return to haunt HSBC on Monday when it sets aside hundreds of millions of pounds more to cover future settlements with regulators. Sky News has learnt that Europe’s largest bank will disclose in its interim results that it is adding a substantial sum to the $550m (£352m) provision it has already allocated to resolve a ...

The Athens Stock Exchange is set to plunge by as much as 20% on Monday when trading finally resumes after a five-week closure, traders have predicted. The bourse was shut just before the Greek government imposed capital controls at the height of the debt crisis. Traders said they expect sharp losses as a result of pent-up trading and fears about Greece's worsening economy. ...

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said there’s no immediate need for additional monetary easing, in an interview with the Yomiuri newspaper. The bank is ready to adjust policy if the need arises, he told the paper. Japan’s inflation trend is improving steadily, Kuroda said, adding that inflation will pick up quickly in the latter half of this fiscal year, according to ...